Author: Jeffrey Hill

After almost seven years as CEO and more than 18 years at Intelsat, CEO Steve Spengler plans to retire once the company completes Chapter 11 financial restructuring and selects a...

The leaders of two of the top satellite operators — Steven Spengler and Rodolphe Belmer — announced within a day of each other that they will be departing their companies. ...

Former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s “big day for American leadership” was Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021 — The start of a public auction of 120 megahertz of 3.7 gigahertz C-band spectrum...

Space-based data, analytics, and services provider Spire Global released an updated version of its maritime data service on Wednesday. The upgrade, “Maritime 2.0,” aims to improve Spire’s marine data capabilities,...

Iridium Communications raised its 2021 full-year financial projections after reporting 9% service revenue growth and an 18% year-over-year increase in total billable subscribers during its 2021 third fiscal quarter (Q3)....

Boeing has hired U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Director Heidi Grant to lead Boeing’s defense, space and government services sales teams, the aerospace manufacturer announced Oct. 14. She succeeds...

L3Harris Technologies will conduct a second advanced study for NASA that aims to significantly improve the accuracy and timeliness of U.S. weather forecasting, according to the terms of a new...

Dish Network contracted Nexsys-One to provide an end-to-end, cloud-based network deployment software solutions for Dish’s planned nationwide 5G network build. Nexsys-One is a privately owned cloud-based Telecom enterprise software provider. Its...

Inmarsat‘s 2021 executive leadership shake-up continues. The U.K. operator confirmed Thursday that it has replaced Ronald Spithout, who has led its Maritime business unit since 2014, with Ben Palmer, the...

On this episode of On Orbit, Via Satellite Managing Editor Rachel Jewett joins us to unpack what has been a whirlwind month for the space industry. Blue Origin just sent...